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twelvemonth
[ twelv-muhnth ]
noun
- a year.
twelvemonth
/ ˈtwɛlvˌmʌnθ /
noun
- an archaic or dialect word for year
Other Words From
- twelvemonthly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of twelvemonth1
Example Sentences
The promised letter of thanks from Mr. Collins arrived on Tuesday, addressed to their father, and written with all the solemnity of gratitude which a twelvemonth’s abode in the family might have prompted.
The other three gain and lose little more than a twelvemonth on him.
His grave and coffin were made under his directions more than a twelvemonth before his death; the inscription on the tablet on his coffin, and the lines placed upon his gravestone, were his own composition.
He did not even take offence when they threatened him with death within the twelvemonth if he did not reform the Church.
In violent suspicion, refusal to abjure worked the same result in a twelvemonth.
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